Farm-gate.



PATENTED MAY 12, 1903.

r I INVEN TOR D. MATHIES.

FARM GATE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 2a, 1903.

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NITED STATEs Patented May 12, 1903,

DANIEL MATHIES, OF ROANOKE, INDIANA.

FARM-GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent N0. 727,661, dated May 12,1903. Application filed January 23, 1903. Serial No. 140,201. (Nomodel.)

To ail whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, DANIEL MATHIES, a citizen of the United States,res'iding at Roanoke, in the county of Huntington, in the State ofIndiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inFarm-Gates; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, which form part of thisspecification.

My invention relates to improvement's'in farm-gates.

The object of my present invention is to provide a cheap, simple,efiicient, and convenient farm-gate having but few operative parts andprovided with an improved means for temporarily supporting it in anydesired vertical adjustment for the purpose described.

The principal novel feature of myinvention resides in the means fortemporarily suspending the gate-body in various vertical adjustments.

Similar reference-numerals indicate like parts in the several views ofthe drawings, in which Figure 1 is a view in elevation of my inventionlooking upon its inner or rear side and showing the relative arrangementof the operative parts. Fig. 2 is a cross-section of the same, taken onthe line 00 o: of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a perspective detail of the meansfor looking the gate-body in its vertical adjustment, Fig. 4 is an endview of the gate when closed, showing the relative, arrangement of thegravity-latch. Fig. 5 is a front view of the rear end of the gate,broken away in part and showing the means for securing the same in itsclosed position.

The upright triangular hanger, upon which the gate-body is suspended,consists of a vertical post 1, a horizontal top piece 2, and an obliquebrace 3, whose upper end is fixed in,

or to the piece 2 near its free end and its lower end to the lower endof the post 1, Fig. 1. The strength and rigidity of the hanger isfurther increased by means of the metallic stay-rod 4, which rigidlyconnects the upper end of the post 1 with the forward end of the piece2, which has proper pintles 5 upon-its extremities.

'slot 12 in the forward extended end of the piece 2 of the hanger-frame.On the hanger is loosely arranged a metal plate'13, having a verticalperforation 14 in oneend thereof, adapted to loosely admit the rod 10,and having upon its other and forward end a downturned substantiallyright-angular flange 15, whose lower edge is centrally recessed toembrace the upper face of the hanger, as shown, to prevent lateraldisplacement thereof in use.

The latch-post 19 for the forward end of the gate has a propergravity-latch 16, adapted to holdingly engage the adjacent end of one ofthe rails 8, as shown in Fig. 4, which also rests upon a propersupporting-lug 17 to afford the forward end of r the gate sufficientrigidity when at rest.

A staple'18, Fig. 5, is rigidly fixed in the outer face of the post 1and is adapted to se-- cure therear end of the gate-body against lateraldisplacement when closed and alsoto secure it firmly to the hanger forordinary use.

The operation and manner of employing my improved gate thus described isobvious and briefly stated as follows: The gate-body andsupporting-hanger are swung together, as usual in ordinary use, beingfirmly secured together by the staple 18. When it is desired 'to swingthe gate over and clear of snowdrifts or other obstructions, theoperator releases the ends of the gate-bodyafrorn their engagement withthe latch 16 in the usual manner and from the staple 18 bysliding thegate-body forward sufficiently to become disengaged therefrom, the slot12in the hanger permitting this horizontal adjustment. By tilting thegate-body slightly to release it from the binding grip of the plate 13on the rod 10 he can readily elevate it to any desired verticaladjustment, and by permitting the gate-body, of its own weight, toassume its normal horizontal position the binding grip of the plate 13will firmly support it in such elevated position. As the rod fits theaperture 14 of the plate 13 loosely, it is obvious Having thusdeseribedmy invention and the manner of operating the same, what I desire tosecure by Letters Patent is- 1. In a farm-gate a pivoted hanger-framehaving a vertical slot in its free end; a gatebody; a vertical rod fixedat its opposite ends in the gate-body midway of its ends, and passingloosely through the said slot; and a plate or block having a perforationin one end for the said rod, and having a pendent flange upon its otherend adapted to rest loosely upon the hanger, whereby the said plate willholdingly grip the said rod When the gatebody is in its normal position,all substantially as described.

2. The combination of a hanger-frame having a vertical slot in its freeend as shown; a gate-body suspended from said hanger at the middle ofits length; an upright rod having its bent ends fixed in said gate, andarranged loosely in said slot, and also in a perforation in abinding-plate; and a binding-plate apertured as shown, and provided uponone end thereof with a pendent flange adapted to loosely rest upon thehanger and thereby i111- part to the plate an inclined position, wherebythe gate-body will by gravity impart to the said plate a binding gripupon the said rod.

Signed by me at Roanoke, Huntington county, State of Indiana, the th dayof January, A. D. 1903.

DANIEL MATIIIES.

\Vitnesses:

AUGUSTA VIBERG, LULU E. BULMAI-IN.

